Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread

[RRodrigues]

Nice frag tank, what did you use to glue the zoanthids and Devil's hand?

 

[BlueCorn]

Test

 

[melev]

Thanks Beerguy. You seem to be the only one with the powerful keyboard tonight.

My earlier post that wouldn't take:

The zoanthids were glued down with Super Glue Gel. It was pictured in the fragging kit one page ago. The Devil's Hand isn't mounted. It just grabs onto anything nearby.

 

[tcb7019]

Nice frags Marc. Thanks for the pics!

Tom

 

[Hop]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7585661#post7585661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Thanks Beerguy. You seem to be the only one with the powerful keyboard tonight.

My earlier post that wouldn't take:

Maybe, But I got 21 e-mail notifications about a post that wasn't there

Nice frags melev!
On the devil's hand, are you picking up the pieces that frag themselves? or are you slicing frags off?

 

[melev]

It frags itself on a regular basis. I never pull any off.

 

[Airman]

Frags are looking great.

 

[Hop]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7585764#post7585764 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
It frags itself on a regular basis. I never pull any off.

I'll have to try to grab a few before they fall off into a crevice and see if I can get them to take hold... Thanks!

 

[andyjd]

Marc I have a question about the Chemi-Clean.

Did you leave your skimmer off for the 48hrs, before doing a water change and powering up the skimmer ?

Thanks

Andy

 

[melev]

Yes, that is correct.

 

[barleychown]

Hi Marc,

Just wanted to let you know the gallon glass jars I'm trying for the phytoplankton seem to be working really well. Thanks for the idea!

 

[melev]

Please post pictures if you can.

 

[andyjd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7587764#post7587764 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Yes, that is correct.

Excellent thanks and the Chemi-Clean seems to be working

 

[Tbduval]

When you frag the Mean Greens, you actually pry them off, then glue them to the rock????? I have some zoos I want to frag but don't completely understand how you did it!

 

[melev]

Yes, I cut them off under the mat, but cutting the rock with sharp cutters. What ends up is a little bit of gravel and some zoas. These are then glued to a new rock separate from the rest of the original colony.

When you are done, wash your hands well to avoid getting palythoa toxin poisoning (eyes, mouth, etc).

 

[melev]

Keys Critters ship our club's order today. About 9 of us got involved in this group buy, which helps defray shipping costs evenly.

I got 100 astreas and 25 white ceriths. With shipping, I paid $54.

A few were put in the seahorse tank, a few in the quarantine tank, a few in the prop section, and the rest will crawl out tonight when the lights are out.

These are large white Ceriths. They tend to clean the bottom 2" of glass near the substrate.

I got a new Harlequin Starfish as well. It moves very fast, so I have no concerns the Harlequin Shrimp might try to eat it.

And finally, the token SPS picture for the day.

 

[itstheantitang]

Tank pictures look great!

Is there any reason for adding the snails in a cup like that? I usually just drop them around the tank when acclimation is finished.

 

[Tbduval]

Melev, did they give you free shipping, because they offer that with a lot of there packages? Just wondering.

 

[melev]

Keyscritters.com doesn't offer free shipping.

I put them in a glass in the tank so they have something solid to grab onto, rather than placing 100 snails against the glass invididually.

 

[itstheantitang]

Makes sense, thanks!